According to information from the Transport Department under the General Department of Logistics, on the afternoon of February 12, performing the task assigned by Department of Defense At the direction, the 971th Transport Brigade under the Department of Transport transported and gathered all 35 tons of logistical materials to ensure the forces National Army Vietnam participates in the remediation earthquake consequences in Turkey.
Accordingly, all logistics materials (including 10 tons of dry food; 13.5 tons of food and foodstuffs; 1.3 tons of feeding equipment; 2.2 tons of food) Medical equipmentmedicine and 3 tons of barracks supplies) were gathered at Noi Bai airport to be transported to Turkey by a private flight.
To ensure the safe transportation of these logistical materials, the 971th Transport Brigade mobilized dozens of officers and soldiers and many specialized trucks of the 679th and 52nd Battalions led by Lieutenant Colonel Vu Dinh Huy, Deputy Brigade Commander, Chief of Staff directly commands. The organization of transportation, loading and unloading was carried out from many locations, including Military Hospital 105, Military Medical Hospital 354 and two warehouses of the Department of Military Supplies to the cargo warehouse of Noi Bai Airport.
[Bộ đội Việt Nam quyết tâm hoàn thành tốt nhiệm vụ quốc tế]
As planned, on the evening of February 12, Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Tan Cuong, member of the Party Central Committee, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army, Deputy Minister of National Defense will go to Noi Bai airport to encourage and see off the delegation. including 76 soldiers of the Vietnam People’s Army to Turkey to participate in rescue work.
The force participating in humanitarian assistance and disaster relief in Turkey of the Vietnam People’s Army includes the Medical Team under the General Department of Logistics (with a force of 30 people); Rescue Team of the Army Corps of Engineers (30 people); The Search and Rescue Dog Team of the Border Guard Command (including 9 trainers, commanders and 6 sniffer dogs); Command department and agency (7 people).
The Ministry of National Defense assigned Major General Pham Van Ty, Deputy Director of the Rescue and Rescue Department, Deputy Chief of the Office of the National Committee for Incident and Disaster Response, Search and Rescue to assume the position of General Commander of the forces. Vietnam People’s Army participates in humanitarian assistance and disaster relief in Turkey.
Hien Hanh (VNA/Vietnam+)